SYDNEY, N.S. - Thanks to a local dance instructor and entrepreneur, a former community centre on Coxheath Road has received a new lease on life, including what can only be described as the happiest door in Cape Breton.

OTTAWA — Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is preparing to speak out against the federal government's controversial tax reforms, which have been angering business owners, doctors and farmers across Canada.

OTTAWA — The Liberals speak constantly of strengthening the Canadian middle class, but any precise definition of that amorphous category of people getting all the attention has always been ambiguous at best.